Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Corchorus hirtus
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Malvales
Family
Malvaceae
Genus
Corchorus
Species
hirtus
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.; Corchorus pilolobus Link. 1st june 2021 family changed to Malvaceae (Patricia Jaramillo & María del Mar Trigo)
- Robinson, B.L. (1902) Flora of the Galapagos Islands. Papers from the Hopkins-Stanford Expedition to the Galapgaos Islands. Proc. Amer. Acad. 38(4): 78-270.
- Stewart, A. (1911) A botanical survey of the Galápagos Islands. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 4th Series, 1: 7-288.
- Wiggins, I.L. Porter, D.M. (1971) Flora of the Galapagos Islands Standford University Press, Stanford.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Corchorus hirtus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19041. Accessed 31 October 2026.